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Now she is Five
… nearly six actually. Now that she is five she is at school from 9am until 4pm everyday. She has had her first solo playdate in the pueblo with a boy from school. She tells me that they fight “but not hitting”. OK, great. They mostly play Barbies.
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Glamp Lamp
Looks gorgeous, right? Butter wouldn’t melt? Wrong. She has just handed me the biggest bogie ever to have graced this house, wearing exactly this expression. Stay alert, people. And beware 5 year olds bearing gifts.
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On motherhood
All my glorious triumphs in motherhood and some minor hiccups...
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Month: June 2012

Bibsey’s 7 Word Challenge ~ Imperatives

June 29, 2012 by bibsey mama 14 Comments

For this week’s 7 Word Challenge I am in an imperative (and poetic) mood. And today I learn, through closer inspection of the relevant chapter in my big old Spanish Verb Tenses book, that that is exactly what the imperative is: a mood, not a tense. Who knew? Anyway, to say that I am in … [Read more…]

Posted in: 7 Word Challenge, Expat files, Spanish, Toddler Tagged: imperative mood, poem

Flat. As a pancake. Not my boobs actually.

June 25, 2012 by bibsey mama 25 Comments

I don’t usually share my distress on the blog, for fear of upsetting those close to me. But I think that I can share this without causing offense. I feel flat. My parents visited for two weeks and then Mr B’s came for a week. We have been busy busy busy. Bibsey has had a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Expat files, Life, the universe etc, Spain, Toddler Tagged: 'home', Britmums, expat angst

Silent Sunday

June 24, 2012 by bibsey mama 11 Comments

#SilentSunday

Posted in: Spain Tagged: Silent Sunday, village life

Bibsey’s 7 Word Challenge ~ Euphemisims

June 21, 2012 by bibsey mama 20 Comments

Every ‘To Do’ list I write seems to feature this: “Learn Spanish”* Other common items are: get back to work, clean house, do Christmas shopping (this generally appears around October time and is studiously ignored until Amazon tells me “You are running out of time you fecking feckless bint. Start shopping”) and erm, oh yes, … [Read more…]

Posted in: 7 Word Challenge, Expat files, Spanish Tagged: dar a luz, desmadre, diarrhea, enchufar, eufemismos, euphemisms, fart

¿Por qué?

June 19, 2012 by bibsey mama 7 Comments

Right back at the beginning of June I was tagged in a Meme called ‘Why?’. The idea, as I understand it, is a kind of parents’ revenge. I am guessing that some poor beleaguered blogging parent, under siege by some super-inquisitive and persistent child armed with the word ‘Why?’, decided to throw a few ‘Whys?’ … [Read more…]

Posted in: Apropos of nada, Life, the universe etc, Toddler Tagged: Meme Whore, Why?
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